Pork butt, 1/4-inch trim, vacuum-packed, with added ingredients
USDA’s daily wholesale price for pork butt, 1/4-inch trim, vacuum-packed, with added ingredients, sold by packers on negotiated deals, FOB the plant. It didn’t trade on the latest report (Thursday, Oct 29, 2026); its last price was $1.33 per hundredweight ($1.33 a pound), on Sep 29, 2026.
- Price, Tue, Sep 29
- $1.33/lb
- Per cwt
- $1.33
- Day’s range
- $1.29–$1.51
How its last price compared · About average
Higher than on 25 of the other 55 days it traded in the past year.
Lowest of the yearHighest of the year
A year earlier (Sep 30, 2025) it was $1.38 per hundredweight; its last price is −3.4% against that. Over the past year it traded on 56 days, averaging $1.39, from a low of $1.06 (Mar 9, 2026) to a high of $1.86 (May 26, 2026). In a usual year (2020–2025) it runs highest in May (+14.6% against its own year’s average) and lowest in February (−11.8%).
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USDA’s prices are for full boxes, FOB the packing plant. A delivered price also covers freight and whoever handles the boxes in between, so a quote somewhat above USDA’s range can still be a fair one.
What it costs after trimming Your yield, your numbers
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The price starts at USDA’s latest weighted average; change it to what you actually pay. Cost per sellable pound is the price plus labor, divided by the yield.
Every week on record Jan 6, 2020 to Sep 29, 2026
- Price
- Weekly average, dollars per hundredweight
Each point is the average of the week’s daily prices; gaps are stretches of three weeks or more with no sales. On record since Jan 6, 2020: 626 days with a price.
Average price by month $ per lb
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.34 | 1.33 | 1.24 | 1.33 | 1.65 | 1.46 | 1.25 | · | 1.34 | · | · | · | 1.37 |
| 2025 | 1.40 | 1.24 | 1.27 | 1.24 | 1.43 | 1.56 | 1.27 | 1.26 | 1.37 | 1.40 | 1.25 | 1.30 | 1.33 |
| 2024 | 1.20 | 1.16 | 1.21 | 1.43 | 1.45 | 1.40 | 1.45 | 1.12 | 1.25 | 1.22 | 1.30 | 1.39 | 1.30 |
| 2023 | 1.12 | 1.00 | 1.02 | 1.17 | 1.42 | 1.61 | 1.30 | 1.04 | 1.36 | 1.16 | 1.15 | 1.16 | 1.21 |
| 2022 | 1.06 | 1.10 | 1.26 | 1.29 | 1.24 | 1.41 | 1.98 | 1.36 | 1.14 | 1.07 | 1.05 | 1.21 | 1.26 |
| 2021 | 0.78 | 0.80 | 1.05 | 1.11 | 1.40 | 2.18 | 1.44 | 1.25 | 1.13 | 1.06 | 1.00 | 1.08 | 1.19 |
| 2020 | 1.01 | 0.85 | 1.14 | 0.83 | 1.69 | 0.73 | 0.76 | 0.78 | 0.85 | 1.04 | 0.84 | 0.72 | 0.94 |
Each month is weighted by the pounds sold on each day. A dot is a month with no sales on record.
Its usual year Each month against its own year’s average, the median over 2020–2025
- Jan−7.8%
- Feb−11.8%
- Mar−6.0%
- Apr−5.0%
- May+14.6%
- Jun+14.2%
- Jul+9.7%
- Aug−9.5%
- Sep−4.2%
- Oct−4.9%
- Nov−8.3%
- Dec−4.1%
Day by day The last 20 days it traded
| Day | Per cwt | Per lb | Range, per cwt | Pounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29, 2026 | $1.33 | $1.33 | $1.29–$1.51 | 3,789 |
| Sep 14, 2026 | $1.35 | $1.35 | $1.29–$1.58 | 3,789 |
| Jul 30, 2026 | $1.33 | $1.33 | $1.22–$1.35 | 22,980 |
| Jul 28, 2026 | $1.36 | $1.36 | $1.35–$1.47 | 7,544 |
| Jul 21, 2026 | $1.23 | $1.23 | $1.22–$1.38 | 58,101 |
| Jul 14, 2026 | $1.23 | $1.23 | $1.20–$1.47 | 90,966 |
| Jul 7, 2026 | $1.44 | $1.44 | $1.32–$1.47 | 4,336 |
| Jul 6, 2026 | $1.36 | $1.36 | $1.33–$1.47 | 3,815 |
| Jun 30, 2026 | $1.45 | $1.45 | $1.36–$1.50 | 12,133 |
| Jun 23, 2026 | $1.44 | $1.44 | $1.35–$1.47 | 5,546 |
| Jun 18, 2026 | $1.38 | $1.38 | $1.34–$1.43 | 6,070 |
| Jun 16, 2026 | $1.47 | $1.47 | $1.41–$1.49 | 4,766 |
| Jun 11, 2026 | $1.41 | $1.41 | $1.39–$1.43 | 82,815 |
| Jun 10, 2026 | $1.34 | $1.34 | $1.31–$1.42 | 138,748 |
| Jun 9, 2026 | $1.76 | $1.76 | $1.72–$1.78 | 2,601 |
| Jun 4, 2026 | $1.52 | $1.52 | $1.51–$1.85 | 81,514 |
| Jun 3, 2026 | $1.61 | $1.61 | $1.60–$1.79 | 42,925 |
| Jun 2, 2026 | $1.84 | $1.84 | $1.72–$1.84 | 18,210 |
| Jun 1, 2026 | $1.76 | $1.76 | $1.70–$2.01 | 4,249 |
| May 26, 2026 | $1.86 | $1.86 | $1.82–$2.01 | 4,249 |
Every day is in the CSV downloads.
About these numbers
Prices are USDA’s, from the National Daily Pork FOB Plant, Negotiated Sales afternoon report (LM_PK602): the weighted average of the day’s negotiated sales, FOB the packing plant, in dollars per hundredweight (100 lb). Divide by 100 for the price per pound. These are wholesale prices, well below what the same cut costs at a store. USDA lists this item as “AI 1/4 Trim Butt VAC”. The latest report is for Oct 29, 2026; the next is due Fri, Oct 30, 2026.
The pork board has every cut for today, the cutout, the primals and the whole history as CSV downloads. Source: USDA Agricultural Marketing Service.